$415 Million Settlement Granted Final Approval In Employees’ Conspiracy Suit

(September 3, 2015, 11:33 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on Sept. 2 issued two orders: The first granted a motion for final approval of a $415 million settlement with Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Intel Corp. on employees’ claims that the high-tech companies conspired to fix and suppress employee compensation and to restrict employee mobility by entering into agreements not to compete for one another’s employees in violation of federal antitrust law, and the second partially granted motions for attorney fees, reimbursement of expenses...